How to create your own Child Theme for WordPress
Customize your WordPress theme the right way with a Child Theme You’ve searched hour upon hour for the perfect WordPress
Learn WordPress Basics
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Should I update WordPress themes?
New versions of WordPress are released regularly often accompanied by updates to the core default WordPress themes (the themes that
Help! My website is down
At some, point every website owner goes into panic mode. Your website is down! What’s wrong? Is it a hosting issue?
Creating Custom Content in WordPress with Custom Post Types
What is a Custom Post Type? Your WordPress website comes with two primary post types: blog posts and pages. You
Enhance Your WP Security: Change your Admin Username
Hackers know that many WordPress installations leave the default “admin” user name with a simple password. And that knowledge makes
Updating your WP Installation & Plugins
From time to time you will need to update your WordPress installation to the latest version. WordPress has a built in alert system that lets users know when their installations are out of date. Whenever a new version of WP is released you will see a message at the top of your wp-admin dashboard telling you that you need to update your installation. Sometimes security vulerabilties are corrected with new releases and other times new features are added making improvements to the functionality of WordPress
WordPress as a CMS – Content Management System
WordPress is so much more than a blogging platform. Some developers will argue that the WordPress CORE isn’t a CMS in the true sense of the term; as WordPress allows users to publish web content most of us would say the term is appropriate. If you need to extend the capabilities of WordPress all you have to do is install the Pods CMS plugin and WordPress will be a complete CMS.
WordPress Plugin – All in One SEO Pack
An essential plugin for WordPress is the All in One SEO Pack . This tutorial will explain what it does and show you how to use this plugin on your WordPress site. WordPress already goes a long way toward creating an SEO friendly website but adding this powerful plugin will give you even more control. The All in One SEO pack plugin generates meta data automatically and allows you to customize it as you see fit.
WP Lesson: What in the world is a widget?
Widgets are placeholders, they display an information arrangement changeable by the user. Widgets make it easy to customize the
WordPress Lesson: All about Plugins
What is a plugin? How do I install a plugin? How do I update a plugin? This post will answer these questions with screenshots of the WordPress 2.9 wp-admin area.